Episode #85: (ENCORE Episode) How to Make A Positive Difference in the World and Stop Making False Either/Or Choices featuring Dr. Barry Johnson
Episode #85 (ENCORE Episode): How to Make A Positive Difference in the World and Stop Making False Either/Or Choices featuring Dr. Barry Johnson
Introduction to the Episode:
We are thrilled to provide this Encore episode of our interview with our dear friend and mentor Dr. Barry Johnson. Barry is the author of AND: Making a Difference by Leveraging Polarity, Paradox, or Dilemma. Volume One: Foundations.
AND is for people interested in making a positive difference in the world or in any part of their life as a citizen, a family member, or an individual within an organization.
Barry shares Volume One covers the application of fundamental polarities from different system perspectives and how different polarities show up in the brain.
Volume Two will be released in a Mary or June and will cover the application of the polarity phenomena and creates awareness of the many caring bright people using Polarity Thinking™ in numerous different disciplines around the world.
During our interview with Barry, we explore how Both/And thinking overcomes resistance to change and polarization and is an essential step in making a difference.
Readers can start with the chapter that resonates with them most after reading the introduction. Barry points out we’ve all been living with this phenomenon our whole life, so at some level what is in the book will make sense because of your life experience.
Barry shares he intentionally designed the book, so the chapters build on each other culminating with making a difference and taking care of self. The book was near completion at the onset of COVID-19, so he included two editorial chapters, Health AND Economy and Freedom AND the Common Good, at the end of the book that are specific to the pandemic.
Barry suggests learning about polarities is easiest when you work from the smallest system up. So, beginning with polarities that have meaning for you as an individual enables you to see quickly how the same polarity is applicable across other levels of the system.
We close the interview with conversation about misdiagnosing polarities as problems and how leaders pay a price twice when this occurs.
During this episode we discuss:
· Love and Accountability
· The application of Polarity Thinking in different industries
· Essence of resistance
· Polarization as an either/or fight
· Polarity Map® as a framework to legitimize values and fears
· Part and Whole polarity
· Scalability of polarities
· Health and The Economy polarity
· Misdiagnosing polarities and power struggles
You probably already realize, if you want to make a difference in the world understanding polarities is essential and this book is a must read! Go ahead and listen to this thought- provoking interview now!
Find Dr. Barry Johnson at:
Barry@polaritypartnerships.com
Get his book on Amazon:
AND: Making a Difference by Leveraging Polarity, Paradox, or Dilemma. Volume One: Foundations
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